Melvin Swig

Melvin M. Swig (July 31, 1917-May 14, 1993)^[1] was a San Francisco real estate developer and philanthropist.^[2] He was also owner of the National Hockey League's California Golden Seals^[3] and Cleveland Barons.

Mel Swig was born in Boston,^[2] and was a son of Benjamin Swig.^[4] He graduated from Brown University in 1939.^[2] Swig was a real estate developer and philanthropist, in San Francisco and New York. He was heir to the Saint Francis Hotel chain, and former chairman of the Swig, Weiler & Dinner Development Company, of San Francisco and Manhattan, a family-owned real estate company with holdings including the Fairmont Hotels.^[4] Swig served in the United States Army in World War II and later moved to San Francisco.

In San Francisco, Swig was President of the Jewish Community Federation and the Jewish Community Endowment Fund. He established a program for Judaic studies and was chairman of the University of San Francisco.^[1] Swig married Charlotte Mailliard and had three sons.^[2] After his death, she later married George Pratt Shultz.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Full text of "Melvin M. Swig, President, Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties, 1971-1972 : oral history transcript ; with introductions by Donald H. Seiler and Robert E. Sinton ; interviews conducted by Eleanor K. Glaser in 1991. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 1991 http://www.archive.org/stream/melvinmswigjew00swigrich/melvinmswigjew00swigrich_djvu.txt
2. ^ ^{a b c d} "Melvin Swig, 75, Dies; California Developer". New York Times. 1993-03-16. http://www.nytimes.com/1993/03/16/obituaries/melvin-swig-75-dies-california-developer.html?scp=1&sq=%22Melvin%20Swig%22&st=cse. Retrieved 2010-02-25. 
3. ^ "Sports in Brief". Kentucky New Era. 1976-05-13. http://news.google.co.uk/newspapers?id=LrU0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=y2gFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3134,4842706&dq=melvin-swig&hl=en. Retrieved 2010-02-25. 
4. ^ ^{a b} "Owners entertain offers for Fairmont Hotel chain". The Modesto Bee. 1989-04-02. http://news.google.co.uk/newspapers?id=I6QuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3dcFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2197,520350&dq=melvin-swig&hl=en. Retrieved 2010-02-25. 

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Name	Swig, Melvin M
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